Festivals can put an independent artist in front of hundreds or thousands of new listeners. But waiting for a festival booker to discover you is not much of a strategy. Many festivals actively accept applications…
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The biggest 2000s songs never really went away. Mr. Brightside, Crazy in Love, In the End, Hey Ya! and Umbrella are still everywhere. The more interesting nostalgia comes from one level below those enormous classics:…
Adobe is pushing further into AI-generated audio, making its Firefly tools for generating music, voiceovers and sound effects generally available. The move turns Adobe Firefly into considerably more than an AI image and video generator.…
Sampling can turn music history into a conversation. A drum break recorded decades ago becomes the backbone of a hip-hop hit. A tiny vocal fragment becomes the hook of a dance track. A forgotten soul…
Some songs need a chorus before you recognise them. Others need about two seconds. A guitar chord, a drum pattern, a piano note or a strange electronic sound can be enough to tell your brain…
If you know your release date, uploading the track as early as possible is almost always better than leaving it until the last minute. A useful target for an important release is around four weeks…
Friday is the music industry’s standard release day. But that doesn’t automatically make Friday the best day for your release. The right date depends on your audience, campaign, goals and what is happening around the…
If you’ve ever wondered what payola is in the music industry, the simple answer is this: payola is the practice of giving money, gifts or other benefits in exchange for promoting music without properly disclosing…
You’ve finished a music video. Should you simply upload it to YouTube, or should you use a music-video distributor? They are not necessarily the same thing. Uploading your own YouTube video This gives you direct…
Roblox is no longer just somewhere people play games. Music has become increasingly integrated into the platform through virtual concerts, artist experiences, music discovery and licensed tracks inside Roblox experiences. For independent artists, that creates…
